Anticreeper.



V. A. MILLER.

ANTICREEPER.

APPLICATIDN FILED JUNE 1, I9I4.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

stateme ts Parana oratory VVENAY A. MILLER, or B oonnALn o Io,assrenononcine-routers I ,MERLE REARIGK AND one-rovers 'ro cazanw. BROWN, onBLOOMDALE, OHIO.

I ANTIGBEEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Application filed June 1, 1914. Serial N 0. 842,299.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomdale, in the county ofWood, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Anticreepers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for railway rails,and particularly to attachments for preventing creeping of the rails.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device forpreventing the creeping of railway rails which can be effectively lockedin position.

Other objects andadvantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my device in position, therailway rail being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the device on a line transversely of the rail. Fig.3 is avertical sectional 'view on the line :3-,3 of Fig. ,1. Fig. 4: is aperspective view of the locking key or wedge. I I

It is a well known fact that the tendency of railway rails to creep isparticularly noticeable on double track lines where the trains all runin one direction and is especially troublesome on grades. The attemptsusually made toovercome this move ment consists chiefly in applying aclamp to the, foot flange of the rail, the clamp being provided with afoot to abut against the adjacent tie, so that when the rail tends tocreep, the tie receives the pressure through the foot. this form ofanticreeper, chief among which is that the jaws of the clamp soon relax,thereby allowingthe rail to creep as before.

To overcome these objections is the principal object of my invention.

Referring particularly to the accompany An] anti-creeping Variousobjections are made to I ing drawings, 10 represents the shank or Be itknown that I, VENA A. MILLER, a

stem of the device which is disposed transversely under the base of therail 11 and adjacent the tie. At one end of the stem or shank is formeda head 13 which is approximately in the shape of a hook and engages withone edge of the basal flange of the rail.

.A series of corrugations or teeth 1A are formed within the hook forbiting engagement with the edge of the base of the rail. At the oppositeend of the shank is an enlarged head 15 formed with a downwardlyextending weighted brace. The upper portom of which there are formed theserrations 21. This channel receives the opposite side of the base ofthe rail, and as the wedge key is driven through the recess these teethbite intothe rail and force the same tightly into the hook 18. 'On thesmaller end of the key is a finger or lip 22 which is adapted to be bentupwardly after the key is driven in so as to engage against one side ofthe hook 17 and prevent loosening or removal of the key. It will benoted that the channelside of the key is parallel with the edge of therail and that the serrated bottom wall of the channel bears against thisedge of the base-of the rail at all points, while the opposite side ofthe key inclines toward the lip 22, and engages a correspondinglyinclined face in the I hook 17 Vhatis claimed is: 7

device comprising a shank disposed transversely beneath the basal flangeof a rail, a flange engaging hook .member carried by one end of theshank, a

larger hook member carried by the opposite end of the shank for thereception of the oppositeside of the basal flange, a channeled wedge keydisposed between the larger hook andthe basal flange and receiving thesaid flange in the channel, the smaller hook memher and the channel ofthe key being formed with teeth for biting, engagement with the Intestimony whereof, I aflix my signature, edge faces of the basal flangeof the rail, in the presence of two Witnesses. and a lip formed on thesmaller end of the VENA A. MILLER. Wedge key bent at right angles to thekey and WVitnesses: 5 against one side face of vthe larger, hook vJQHN,1\I. STEOKER, member CARL W. BROWN.

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